The New Origin of Corn (Maize), Explained: A Chronology of Scientific Studies

Опубликовано: 25 Сентябрь 2026
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Due to the number of people who have misinterpreted several scientific studies in recent years, I have compiled a timeline of these studies, explaining the new origin of corn.

♦Sources:

2001 Study:

https://www.pnas.org/content/98/4/2104

https://www.pnas.org/content/98/4/2101

2009 Study:

https://www.pnas.org/content/106/13/5014

What are Phytoliths?

https://www.environmentalscience.org/...

2012 Study:
https://www.pnas.org/content/109/5/1755

TV Interview with Alexander Grobman:
   • Se descubre que el Perú es cuna del maíz

Statements about Peruvian Popcorn:
https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/...

2016 Study - Tehuacán Valley:
https://www.pnas.org/content/113/49/1...

2016 Study – Bolivian Amazon:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Study – Peruvian Amazon 2016:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

2018 Study:

https://science.sciencemag.org/conten...

What is an Allele?

https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/al...

Documentary about wild maize:
   • Estalló el Secreto: El Misterioso Origen d...

Article on the “discarded Andean origin”:
http://www.fao.org/3/X7650S/x7650s03.htm

Book: “Maize in the Tropics…”
https://books.google.com.pe/books?id=...

Explanation of the 2018 study:
https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/...

Profiles:

https://naturalhistory.si.edu/staff/l...
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/staff/d...
http://directorio.concytec.gob.pe/app...
https://www.joseiriartearchaeology.ne...
https://as.vanderbilt.edu/anthropolog...

Radiocarbon Dating:

https://www.radiocarbon.com/espanol/a...
https://www.radiocarbon.com/espanol/a...

♦Extra Material:

Calibration Before the Present:

http://institucionales.us.es/solicitu...

Purple Corn:

http://www.imexfutura.com/es_ES/produ...

♦Video Credits:

Popcorn:

   • Popcorn Cooking - Royalty Free Stock Footage

Peruvian Corn:

   • INKA CORN - RUTA DEL MAÍZ

Corn Harvests:

   • Bristle Farm Corn Harvest. Amazing drone f...

Plants of Corn:

   • Sweet corn (Zea maize) - Mount Lofty Botan...

♦Music Credits:

   • Video
   • Corporate Music Compilation by Infraction ...